Joyce Meyer - The Three Main Causes For Strife

January 26, 2025 | S25:E17

What causes the strife in our lives? Learn what the Bible says are the main causes and how you can avoid falling for them.

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Joyce Meyer: Enjoying Everyday Life | Joyce Meyer - The Three Main Causes For Strife | January 26, 2025

>> joyce: if you don't like
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>> joyce: if you don't like somebody the best way to have
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>> joyce: if you don't like somebody the best way to have your heart changed is to pray
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Somebody the best way to have your heart changed is to pray for them to be blessed and,
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Your heart changed is to pray for them to be blessed and, if you have an opportunity,
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For them to be blessed and, if you have an opportunity, to bless them yourself.
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If you have an opportunity, to bless them yourself. that's spiritual warfare.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer.
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power
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>> joyce: i'm joyce meyer. i've seen god's power transform my own life,
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I've seen god's power transform my own life, and he will do it for you.
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>> joyce: now, you're
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>> joyce: now, you're never gonna get
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>> joyce: now, you're never gonna get along with people
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Never gonna get along with people if you don't have a large
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Along with people if you don't have a large degree of humility
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If you don't have a large degree of humility because pride is the number one
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Degree of humility because pride is the number one cause for strife, pride.
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Because pride is the number one cause for strife, pride. romans 12:16.
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How many of you are fairly
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How many of you are fairly adaptable in your temperament,
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How many of you are fairly adaptable in your temperament, in your personality?
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Adaptable in your temperament, in your personality? wow, how many of you aren't?
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Come on, don't--
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Come on, don't-- you gotta be one or the other.
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Come on, don't-- you gotta be one or the other. don't--
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You gotta be one or the other. don't-- >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: well, you know,
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>> joyce: well, you know, if you're not you can learn
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>> joyce: well, you know, if you're not you can learn to be for the sake of peace.
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If you're not you can learn to be for the sake of peace. now, you know, some things
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To be for the sake of peace. now, you know, some things you need to stand for.
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Now, you know, some things you need to stand for. i know what i stand for,
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You need to stand for. i know what i stand for, but there's a lot of this
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I know what i stand for, but there's a lot of this other peripheral stuff
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But there's a lot of this other peripheral stuff that just honestly does not make
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Other peripheral stuff that just honestly does not make one bit of difference.
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That just honestly does not make one bit of difference. what difference does it make
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One bit of difference. what difference does it make if i don't think we should go
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What difference does it make if i don't think we should go north to the hardware store
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If i don't think we should go north to the hardware store and dave goes north?
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North to the hardware store and dave goes north? what difference does it make
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And dave goes north? what difference does it make if it would end up takin'
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What difference does it make if it would end up takin' a little bit longer?
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If it would end up takin' a little bit longer? who cares?
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A little bit longer? who cares? that's not--you know,
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Who cares? that's not--you know, there are many other
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That's not--you know, there are many other important things
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There are many other important things to be doing in life
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Important things to be doing in life other than starting a fight
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To be doing in life other than starting a fight over some stupid,
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Other than starting a fight over some stupid, unedifying, ignorant, you know.
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Over some stupid, unedifying, ignorant, you know. >> [audience applauding]
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Unedifying, ignorant, you know. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that just--you know,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: that just--you know, let me tell you something.
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>> joyce: that just--you know, let me tell you something. just let the guy drive.
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Let me tell you something. just let the guy drive. >> [audience laughing]
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Just let the guy drive. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: clue,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: clue, let the guy drive.
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>> joyce: clue, let the guy drive. and i don't care if he's lost.
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Let the guy drive. and i don't care if he's lost. he's not gonna stop
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And i don't care if he's lost. he's not gonna stop and ask for directions,
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He's not gonna stop and ask for directions, so just get out your book.
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And ask for directions, so just get out your book. plug me into your ear,
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So just get out your book. plug me into your ear, or do something,
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Plug me into your ear, or do something, but don't try to tell him
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Or do something, but don't try to tell him how to drive.
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But don't try to tell him how to drive. powerful.
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How to drive. powerful. mike says, "this is powerful,"
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Powerful. mike says, "this is powerful," yeah.
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Mike says, "this is powerful," yeah. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: come on, i'm tryin'
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>> joyce: come on, i'm tryin' to save some marriages.
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>> joyce: come on, i'm tryin' to save some marriages. >> [audience laughing]
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To save some marriages. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: alright, romans 12:16,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: alright, romans 12:16, "live in harmony
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>> joyce: alright, romans 12:16, "live in harmony with one another;
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"live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty (snobbish,
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With one another; do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, and exclusive),
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Do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, and exclusive), but readily adjust yourself
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High-minded, and exclusive), but readily adjust yourself to [people and things] and
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But readily adjust yourself to [people and things] and give yourself to humble tasks.
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To [people and things] and give yourself to humble tasks. never overestimate yourself or
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Give yourself to humble tasks. never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits."
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You can't get along with people
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You can't get along with people if you're not gonna be
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You can't get along with people if you're not gonna be adaptable and adjustable.
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If you're not gonna be adaptable and adjustable. there's some things
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Adaptable and adjustable. there's some things that are really, really
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There's some things that are really, really important to me,
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That are really, really important to me, and i would stand my ground
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Important to me, and i would stand my ground for those things.
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And i would stand my ground for those things. but there's a lot
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For those things. but there's a lot of other things
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But there's a lot of other things that it's just like,
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Of other things that it's just like, is it really gonna be
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That it's just like, is it really gonna be that earth-shaking
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Is it really gonna be that earth-shaking if it doesn't happen the way
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That earth-shaking if it doesn't happen the way that i would like it to happen?
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If it doesn't happen the way that i would like it to happen? is anybody in this building
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That i would like it to happen? is anybody in this building understanding
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Is anybody in this building understanding what i'm sayin' today?
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Understanding what i'm sayin' today? >> [audience applauding]
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What i'm sayin' today? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: now, come on. this same anointing
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>> joyce: now, come on. this same anointing is over in the overflow.
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This same anointing is over in the overflow. it's also comin' right through
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Is over in the overflow. it's also comin' right through that television screen
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It's also comin' right through that television screen into your home.
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That television screen into your home. i'm not just talkin'
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Into your home. i'm not just talkin' to these beautiful people here
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I'm not just talkin' to these beautiful people here in this building.
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To these beautiful people here in this building. i am talkin' to you.
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In this building. i am talkin' to you. >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: okay, now, look.
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>> joyce: okay, now, look. boy, i love these scriptures.
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>> joyce: okay, now, look. boy, i love these scriptures. 1 corinthians 1:9,
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Boy, i love these scriptures. 1 corinthians 1:9, "god is faithful
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1 corinthians 1:9, "god is faithful (trustworthy, reliable,
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"god is faithful (trustworthy, reliable, and therefore ever true
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(trustworthy, reliable, and therefore ever true to his promise,
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And therefore ever true to his promise, and he can be depended on);
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To his promise, and he can be depended on); by him you were called
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And he can be depended on); by him you were called into companionship
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By him you were called into companionship and participation with his son,
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Into companionship and participation with his son, jesus christ our lord.
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And participation with his son, jesus christ our lord. but--"
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Jesus christ our lord. but--" >> [audience laughing]
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But--" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, you gotta watch the "buts" and
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>> joyce: come on, you gotta watch the "buts" and the "therefores" in the bible.
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You gotta watch the "buts" and the "therefores" in the bible. >> [audience laughing]
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The "therefores" in the bible. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and "if" is also
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and "if" is also a big word.
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>> joyce: and "if" is also a big word. "but i urge and entreat you,
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A big word. "but i urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name
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"but i urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name of our lord jesus christ,
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Brethren, by the name of our lord jesus christ, that all of you
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Of our lord jesus christ, that all of you be in perfect harmony and
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That all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say,
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Be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say, and that there be
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Full agreement in what you say, and that there be no dissension or faction
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And that there be no dissension or faction or divisions among you,
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No dissension or faction or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united
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Or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your common understanding
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But that you be perfectly united in your common understanding and in your opinions
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In your common understanding and in your opinions and judgments.
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And in your opinions and judgments. for it has made--
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And judgments. for it has made-- been made clear to me,
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For it has made-- been made clear to me, my brethren,
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Been made clear to me, my brethren, by those of chloe's household,
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My brethren, by those of chloe's household, that there are contentions
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By those of chloe's household, that there are contentions and wranglings
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That there are contentions and wranglings and factions among you."
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And wranglings and factions among you." by the way,
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And factions among you." by the way, chloe had a church in her house,
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By the way, chloe had a church in her house, and chloe is a women's name.
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>> [audience applauding]
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>> [audience applauding] >> [audience cheering]
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>> [audience applauding] >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: just sayin'.
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"for it has been made clear
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"for it has been made clear to me that there are factions,
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"for it has been made clear to me that there are factions, strife, and wranglings
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To me that there are factions, strife, and wranglings in that house."
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Strife, and wranglings in that house." so, you see, here we see paul
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In that house." so, you see, here we see paul is dealing with strife.
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So, you see, here we see paul is dealing with strife. he's over these churches,
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Is dealing with strife. he's over these churches, and he's sayin',
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He's over these churches, and he's sayin', "look, now god is faithful.
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And he's sayin', "look, now god is faithful. he wants to bless you.
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"look, now god is faithful. he wants to bless you. he's gonna take care
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He wants to bless you. he's gonna take care of everything that needs to be
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He's gonna take care of everything that needs to be taken care of in your life.
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Of everything that needs to be taken care of in your life. he's not gonna disappoint you.
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Taken care of in your life. he's not gonna disappoint you. his promises are true,
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He's not gonna disappoint you. his promises are true, but you guys
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His promises are true, but you guys gotta get this strife out
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But you guys gotta get this strife out and learn how to get along."
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Gotta get this strife out and learn how to get along." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: i just feel that--
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>> joyce: i just feel that-- i feel the urge
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>> joyce: i just feel that-- i feel the urge to say that again.
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I feel the urge to say that again. god is faithful,
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To say that again. god is faithful, reliable, trustworthy.
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God is faithful, reliable, trustworthy. you can depend on him.
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Reliable, trustworthy. you can depend on him. his promises are true,
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You can depend on him. his promises are true, and he wants to bless you,
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His promises are true, and he wants to bless you, but you gotta get along,
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And he wants to bless you, but you gotta get along, gotta get this offense
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But you gotta get along, gotta get this offense out of your life, amen?
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Gotta get this offense out of your life, amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Out of your life, amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i don't know
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i don't know who you might be mad at,
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>> joyce: i don't know who you might be mad at, but drop it and leave it.
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Who you might be mad at, but drop it and leave it. let it go.
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But drop it and leave it. let it go. leave it here.
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Let it go. leave it here. don't take it home with you.
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Leave it here. don't take it home with you. otherwise i'll have to
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Don't take it home with you. otherwise i'll have to come back next year,
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Otherwise i'll have to come back next year, and i don't wanna preach
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Come back next year, and i don't wanna preach on the same thing next year.
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And i don't wanna preach on the same thing next year. i want to preach
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On the same thing next year. i want to preach on something else.
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I want to preach on something else. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: love gives up its
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>> joyce: love gives up its right to be right.
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>> joyce: love gives up its right to be right. do you know what?
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Right to be right. do you know what? being right is highly overrated.
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Do you know what? being right is highly overrated. i mean, it really is.
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Being right is highly overrated. i mean, it really is. it's kinda like you feel smug
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I mean, it really is. it's kinda like you feel smug for just a second.
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It's kinda like you feel smug for just a second. i tell this story sometimes, and
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For just a second. i tell this story sometimes, and i just remember it so vividly.
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I tell this story sometimes, and i just remember it so vividly. dave and i were in a little
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I just remember it so vividly. dave and i were in a little picture frame, art store
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Dave and i were in a little picture frame, art store one day out at the mall,
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Picture frame, art store one day out at the mall, and he wanted--he really liked
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One day out at the mall, and he wanted--he really liked this picture, like,
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And he wanted--he really liked this picture, like, so we're back to decorating now.
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This picture, like, so we're back to decorating now. >> [audience laughing]
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So we're back to decorating now. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i just
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and i just didn't like it at all,
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>> joyce: and i just didn't like it at all, and, i mean, the house is big.
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Didn't like it at all, and, i mean, the house is big. i could've just said,
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And, i mean, the house is big. i could've just said, "sure, honey, get it, and put it
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I could've just said, "sure, honey, get it, and put it in your corner of the world,"
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"sure, honey, get it, and put it in your corner of the world," you know?
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In your corner of the world," you know? but, "how 'bout your man cave
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You know? but, "how 'bout your man cave or something?"
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But, "how 'bout your man cave or something?" but, no, i'm like,
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Or something?" but, no, i'm like, "oh, i don't like that.
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But, no, i'm like, "oh, i don't like that. i don't wanna get that."
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"oh, i don't like that. i don't wanna get that." [grumbling]
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I don't wanna get that." [grumbling] and so i kept it up
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[grumbling] and so i kept it up until i got my way.
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How many of you ladies are good
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How many of you ladies are good at keepin' it up until
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How many of you ladies are good at keepin' it up until you get your way?
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At keepin' it up until you get your way? how 'bout guys?
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You get your way? how 'bout guys? how many of you are good
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How 'bout guys? how many of you are good at keepin' it up until you
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How many of you are good at keepin' it up until you get your way?
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At keepin' it up until you get your way? we got one honest man
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Get your way? we got one honest man in this building.
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We got one honest man in this building. >> [audience laughing]
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In this building. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god bless you, sir.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: god bless you, sir. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: and so, finally,
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>> joyce: and so, finally, he said, "alright,
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>> joyce: and so, finally, he said, "alright, just do what you want."
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He said, "alright, just do what you want." well, we went out of the store
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Just do what you want." well, we went out of the store and started
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Well, we went out of the store and started walkin' down the mall,
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And started walkin' down the mall, and i just felt like--
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>> [audience laughing]
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know what?
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and you know what? the holy spirit spoke to me.
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>> joyce: and you know what? the holy spirit spoke to me. he said, "you think you won,
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The holy spirit spoke to me. he said, "you think you won, but you lost.
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He said, "you think you won, but you lost. you didn't have to take
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But you lost. you didn't have to take the picture home,
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You didn't have to take the picture home, but you didn't please me."
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Next one i'm gonna
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Next one i'm gonna talk about is greed.
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Next one i'm gonna talk about is greed. proverbs 28:25 says,
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Talk about is greed. proverbs 28:25 says, "he who is of a greedy spirit
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Proverbs 28:25 says, "he who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife."
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"he who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife." and they stir up strife
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Stirs up strife." and they stir up strife for several reasons.
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And they stir up strife for several reasons. number one, they're never
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For several reasons. number one, they're never permanently satisfied
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Number one, they're never permanently satisfied no matter what they have.
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Permanently satisfied no matter what they have. proverbs 1:19 says that
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No matter what they have. proverbs 1:19 says that "greed steals the life
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Proverbs 1:19 says that "greed steals the life of its possessor."
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"greed steals the life of its possessor." a greedy spirit
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Of its possessor." a greedy spirit will just steal your whole life.
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A greedy spirit will just steal your whole life. it's terrible to never be able
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Will just steal your whole life. it's terrible to never be able to be satisfied with anything.
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It's terrible to never be able to be satisfied with anything. and most of the reason
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To be satisfied with anything. and most of the reason when people are like that,
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And most of the reason when people are like that, why they're like that,
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When people are like that, why they're like that, is because they're not satisfied
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Why they're like that, is because they're not satisfied with themselves.
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Is because they're not satisfied with themselves. >> [audience applauding]
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With themselves. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: come on. they're resentful,
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>> joyce: come on. they're resentful, envious, and jealous
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They're resentful, envious, and jealous of what other people have,
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Envious, and jealous of what other people have, and god wants us to learn
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Of what other people have, and god wants us to learn to be happy where we're at
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And god wants us to learn to be happy where we're at on the way to where we're going.
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Enjoy your life where you're
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Enjoy your life where you're at on the way
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Enjoy your life where you're at on the way to where you're going.
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At on the way to where you're going. how tragic is it when people
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To where you're going. how tragic is it when people get to the end of their life,
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How tragic is it when people get to the end of their life, and maybe they got
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Get to the end of their life, and maybe they got a whole bunch of stuff,
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And maybe they got a whole bunch of stuff, but they never really took
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A whole bunch of stuff, but they never really took the time to enjoy any of it?
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But they never really took the time to enjoy any of it? or you never took the time
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The time to enjoy any of it? or you never took the time to enjoy your kids
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Or you never took the time to enjoy your kids or you been married
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To enjoy your kids or you been married to somebody for 35 years,
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Or you been married to somebody for 35 years, but they're a stranger.
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To somebody for 35 years, but they're a stranger. you don't even--never even
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But they're a stranger. you don't even--never even really took the time
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You don't even--never even really took the time to know them.
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Really took the time to know them. james 4:1-2.
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To know them. james 4:1-2. now i told you last night
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James 4:1-2. now i told you last night that sometime this year
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Now i told you last night that sometime this year i hope to do a series
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That sometime this year i hope to do a series on my 20 favorite scriptures,
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I hope to do a series on my 20 favorite scriptures, and i can tell you that this,
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On my 20 favorite scriptures, and i can tell you that this, james 4:2, will be in it
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And i can tell you that this, james 4:2, will be in it 'cause this was
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James 4:2, will be in it 'cause this was fairly life changing for me,
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'cause this was fairly life changing for me, you know, one of those moments
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Fairly life changing for me, you know, one of those moments where god just
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You know, one of those moments where god just shows you something
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Where god just shows you something that reveals what's really
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Shows you something that reveals what's really behind a problem that you have,
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That reveals what's really behind a problem that you have, and it's not just, like,
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Behind a problem that you have, and it's not just, like, a nice scripture.
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And it's not just, like, a nice scripture. it really affects your life.
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A nice scripture. it really affects your life. have any of you
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It really affects your life. have any of you had scriptures like that
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Have any of you had scriptures like that that have just really affected
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Had scriptures like that that have just really affected your life in a major way?
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That have just really affected your life in a major way? >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: james 4:1,
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>> joyce: james 4:1, "what leads to strife
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>> joyce: james 4:1, "what leads to strife (discords and feuds)
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"what leads to strife (discords and feuds) and how do quarrels
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(discords and feuds) and how do quarrels (conflicts and fights)
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And how do quarrels (conflicts and fights) originate among you?
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(conflicts and fights) originate among you? do they not arise
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Originate among you? do they not arise from your sensual desires
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Do they not arise from your sensual desires that are ever warring
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From your sensual desires that are ever warring in your bodily members?"
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That are ever warring in your bodily members?" so, he's basically sayin'
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In your bodily members?" so, he's basically sayin' all the strife that you have
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So, he's basically sayin' all the strife that you have is a result
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All the strife that you have is a result of all the stuff you want
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Is a result of all the stuff you want that you're not getting yet.
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Of all the stuff you want that you're not getting yet. so "you're jealous,
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That you're not getting yet. so "you're jealous, and you covet
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So "you're jealous, and you covet [what other people have]
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And you covet [what other people have] and then your desires
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[what other people have] and then your desires go unfulfilled;
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And then your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become a murderer.
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Go unfulfilled; [so] you become a murderer. because [to hate is to murder
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[so] you become a murderer. because [to hate is to murder as far as your hearts
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Because [to hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.]"
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As far as your hearts are concerned.]" strong language, right?
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Are concerned.]" strong language, right? "you burn with envy and anger,
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Strong language, right? "you burn with envy and anger, and you're not able to obtain
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"you burn with envy and anger, and you're not able to obtain [the gratification,
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And you're not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and
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[the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek],
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The contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and you war.
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The happiness that you seek], so you fight and you war. and you do not have,
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So you fight and you war. and you do not have, because you do not ask."
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And you do not have, because you do not ask." >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: i don't even know
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>> joyce: i don't even know how to tell you
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>> joyce: i don't even know how to tell you the peace that came to my soul
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How to tell you the peace that came to my soul when i saw all the stuff
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The peace that came to my soul when i saw all the stuff that i was tryin' to make
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When i saw all the stuff that i was tryin' to make happen in my life,
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That i was tryin' to make happen in my life, tryin' to change dave,
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Happen in my life, tryin' to change dave, tryin' to change my kids,
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Tryin' to change dave, tryin' to change my kids, tryin' to make my ministry grow.
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Tryin' to change my kids, tryin' to make my ministry grow. [mumbling]
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Tryin' to make my ministry grow. [mumbling] and it was just keepin' me
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[mumbling] and it was just keepin' me upset all the time,
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And it was just keepin' me upset all the time, and, you know, when you're
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Upset all the time, and, you know, when you're upset all the time,
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And, you know, when you're upset all the time, then you're gonna take it out
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Upset all the time, then you're gonna take it out on the people around you.
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Then you're gonna take it out on the people around you. >> [audience applauding]
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On the people around you. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many of you know
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many of you know it's easier to have peace in
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>> joyce: how many of you know it's easier to have peace in your home if you start out
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It's easier to have peace in your home if you start out peaceful yourself, amen?
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Your home if you start out peaceful yourself, amen? and so that statement,
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Peaceful yourself, amen? and so that statement, "you have not
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And so that statement, "you have not because you ask not," that
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"you have not because you ask not," that was very life changing to me,
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Because you ask not," that was very life changing to me, and i made a decision.
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Was very life changing to me, and i made a decision. from now on
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And i made a decision. from now on when i want something
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From now on when i want something i'm gonna ask god, and if
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When i want something i'm gonna ask god, and if it's what he wants me to have
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I'm gonna ask god, and if it's what he wants me to have he's gonna give it to me.
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It's what he wants me to have he's gonna give it to me. and if it's not
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He's gonna give it to me. and if it's not what he wants me to have,
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And if it's not what he wants me to have, then he's not
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What he wants me to have, then he's not gonna give it to me.
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Then he's not gonna give it to me. and there's no point
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Gonna give it to me. and there's no point in me saying that i trust god
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And there's no point in me saying that i trust god if i'm not gonna trust him
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In me saying that i trust god if i'm not gonna trust him to give me
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If i'm not gonna trust him to give me what i'm supposed to have
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To give me what i'm supposed to have and withhold
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What i'm supposed to have and withhold what i'm not supposed to have.
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And withhold what i'm not supposed to have. >> [audience applauding]
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What i'm not supposed to have. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many times
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: how many times do we dislike somebody
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>> joyce: how many times do we dislike somebody who has what we want, and god
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Do we dislike somebody who has what we want, and god hasn't given it to us yet?
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Who has what we want, and god hasn't given it to us yet? you know, here's the thing.
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Hasn't given it to us yet? you know, here's the thing. there's no point in wanting
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You know, here's the thing. there's no point in wanting what somebody else has
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There's no point in wanting what somebody else has if you're not willing to do
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What somebody else has if you're not willing to do what they did to get it.
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If you're not willing to do what they did to get it. >> [audience applauding]
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What they did to get it. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: disliking somebody
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: disliking somebody because they worked hard and
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>> joyce: disliking somebody because they worked hard and now have a victory in their life
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Because they worked hard and now have a victory in their life just really shows
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Now have a victory in their life just really shows how totally immature we are.
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Just really shows how totally immature we are. the promises of god
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How totally immature we are. the promises of god are for whosoever will,
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The promises of god are for whosoever will, not just whosoever
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Are for whosoever will, not just whosoever would like to have the result,
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Not just whosoever would like to have the result, but whosoever will do
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Would like to have the result, but whosoever will do what they need to do
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But whosoever will do what they need to do to get the results.
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What they need to do to get the results. >> [audience applauding]
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To get the results. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: oh, boy.
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: oh, boy. i don't know, they're clappin'
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>> joyce: oh, boy. i don't know, they're clappin' more over here than--
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I don't know, they're clappin' more over here than-- >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: don't have strife
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>> joyce: don't have strife in your life
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>> joyce: don't have strife in your life in order to get anything
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In your life in order to get anything that belongs to this world.
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In order to get anything that belongs to this world. come on,
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That belongs to this world. come on, don't have strife in your life
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Come on, don't have strife in your life in order to get anything
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Don't have strife in your life in order to get anything that belongs to this world.
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In order to get anything that belongs to this world. don't get in strife in order
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That belongs to this world. don't get in strife in order to try to get to be
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Don't get in strife in order to try to get to be the worship leader
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To try to get to be the worship leader in your church.
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The worship leader in your church. you'd be better off
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In your church. you'd be better off to zip your lip and hope maybe
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You'd be better off to zip your lip and hope maybe you can lead worship in heaven.
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To zip your lip and hope maybe you can lead worship in heaven. >> [audience applauding]
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You can lead worship in heaven. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't get in strife
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: don't get in strife to have a position,
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>> joyce: don't get in strife to have a position, to look powerful,
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To have a position, to look powerful, to have the right image,
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To look powerful, to have the right image, to make money, to be famous,
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To have the right image, to make money, to be famous, about your reputation.
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To make money, to be famous, about your reputation. seek god, and let him give you
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About your reputation. seek god, and let him give you the secret petitions
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Seek god, and let him give you the secret petitions and desires of your heart.
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The secret petitions and desires of your heart. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: and i can tell
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>> joyce: and i can tell you one of the tests
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>> joyce: and i can tell you one of the tests that we all have to pass
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You one of the tests that we all have to pass is watching somebody else
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That we all have to pass is watching somebody else get what we want.
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Is watching somebody else get what we want. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: watching somebody else
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>> joyce: watching somebody else get what we want and having
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>> joyce: watching somebody else get what we want and having to learn to be happy for them.
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You know, there's times
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You know, there's times when i feel jealous of people.
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You know, there's times when i feel jealous of people. and if somebody would've
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When i feel jealous of people. and if somebody would've asked me, "well, what do i do
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And if somebody would've asked me, "well, what do i do if i feel jealous?"
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Asked me, "well, what do i do if i feel jealous?" go beyond how you feel,
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If i feel jealous?" go beyond how you feel, and pray that god
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Go beyond how you feel, and pray that god would bless them even more.
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And pray that god would bless them even more. that's what breaks the power
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Would bless them even more. that's what breaks the power of this kinda stuff.
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Greed means to covet,
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Greed means to covet, to have an intense desire for,
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Greed means to covet, to have an intense desire for, or to lust after,
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To have an intense desire for, or to lust after, to envy, or to be jealous.
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Or to lust after, to envy, or to be jealous. and you know what?
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To envy, or to be jealous. and you know what? lust does not just refer to sex.
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And you know what? lust does not just refer to sex. we can lust after anything,
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Lust does not just refer to sex. we can lust after anything, and i believe what that means
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We can lust after anything, and i believe what that means is to want something so bad
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And i believe what that means is to want something so bad that you've just decided
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Is to want something so bad that you've just decided you can't be happy without it.
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That you've just decided you can't be happy without it. "well, if i can't get my own
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You can't be happy without it. "well, if i can't get my own home, i can't be happy."
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"well, if i can't get my own home, i can't be happy." "if i can't have kids, i can't
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Home, i can't be happy." "if i can't have kids, i can't be happy."
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"if i can't have kids, i can't be happy." "if i don't get married,
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Be happy." "if i don't get married, i can't be happy."
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"if i don't get married, i can't be happy." "if i have to stay married,
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I can't be happy." "if i have to stay married, i can't be happy."
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"if i have to stay married, i can't be happy." >> [audience laughing]
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I can't be happy." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "if i don't get
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: "if i don't get that promotion at work,
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>> joyce: "if i don't get that promotion at work, i can't be happy."
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That promotion at work, i can't be happy." well, the only thing
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I can't be happy." well, the only thing that we should ever say
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Well, the only thing that we should ever say along those lines is,
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That we should ever say along those lines is, "god, if i don't have you
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Along those lines is, "god, if i don't have you in my life, there is no way
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"god, if i don't have you in my life, there is no way i can be happy."
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In my life, there is no way i can be happy." >> [audience cheering]
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>> joyce: you know,
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>> joyce: you know, in ephesians chapter 5
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>> joyce: you know, in ephesians chapter 5 it says that greed
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In ephesians chapter 5 it says that greed is a very serious problem.
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It says that greed is a very serious problem. actually, it's listed in the
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Is a very serious problem. actually, it's listed in the same line with idolaters.
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Actually, it's listed in the same line with idolaters. "for be sure of this:
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Same line with idolaters. "for be sure of this: that no person practicing
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"for be sure of this: that no person practicing sexual vice or impurity
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That no person practicing sexual vice or impurity in thought or in life,
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Sexual vice or impurity in thought or in life, or who is covetous
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In thought or in life, or who is covetous [who has a lustful desire
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Or who is covetous [who has a lustful desire for the property of others
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[who has a lustful desire for the property of others and is greedy for gain]--
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For the property of others and is greedy for gain]-- for he is [in effect]
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And is greedy for gain]-- for he is [in effect] an idolater.
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For he is [in effect] an idolater. don't let anybody think
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An idolater. don't let anybody think that somebody like that
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Don't let anybody think that somebody like that has any inheritance
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That somebody like that has any inheritance in the kingdom of god."
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Has any inheritance in the kingdom of god." now, you know,
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In the kingdom of god." now, you know, to be honest there are sins
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Now, you know, to be honest there are sins that we really are like,
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To be honest there are sins that we really are like, "oh, man, you can't do that,"
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But then there are
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But then there are acceptable sins.
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You say to somebody, "well,
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You say to somebody, "well, i'm a devil worshipper," man,
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You say to somebody, "well, i'm a devil worshipper," man, they gonna get away from you.
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I'm a devil worshipper," man, they gonna get away from you. >> [audience laughing]
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>> joyce: but if it's somebody
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>> joyce: but if it's somebody that's kinda greedy
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>> joyce: but if it's somebody that's kinda greedy you might keep
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That's kinda greedy you might keep hangin' out with them,
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You might keep hangin' out with them, and the bible says
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Hangin' out with them, and the bible says don't hang out with somebody
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And the bible says don't hang out with somebody that's greedy.
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Don't hang out with somebody that's greedy. you know why?
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That's greedy. you know why? because what's on somebody's
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You know why? because what's on somebody's gonna get off on you
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Because what's on somebody's gonna get off on you if you spend enough
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Gonna get off on you if you spend enough time with 'em.
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The only way you can
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The only way you can fight greed--
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The only way you can fight greed-- i'll tell ya how to fight greed,
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Fight greed-- i'll tell ya how to fight greed, and we all feel it from time
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I'll tell ya how to fight greed, and we all feel it from time to time.
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And we all feel it from time to time. the minute you start feeling
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To time. the minute you start feeling dissatisfied in what you got...
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Go be generous to somebody.
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Go be generous to somebody. give something away.
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Go be generous to somebody. give something away. honestly, i'm tellin' ya
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Give something away. honestly, i'm tellin' ya i do this.
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Honestly, i'm tellin' ya i do this. give somethin' away.
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I do this. give somethin' away. if i'm jealous of somebody,
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Give somethin' away. if i'm jealous of somebody, i bless 'em.
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If i'm jealous of somebody, i bless 'em. if you don't like
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I bless 'em. if you don't like somebody the best way to have
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If you don't like somebody the best way to have your heart changed is to pray
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Somebody the best way to have your heart changed is to pray for them to be blessed and,
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Your heart changed is to pray for them to be blessed and, if you have an opportunity,
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For them to be blessed and, if you have an opportunity, to bless them yourself.
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That's spiritual warfare.
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That's spiritual warfare. that's fighting against greed.
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That's spiritual warfare. that's fighting against greed. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: 1 corinthians 5:9-11,
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>> joyce: 1 corinthians 5:9-11, "i wrote you in my [previous]
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>> joyce: 1 corinthians 5:9-11, "i wrote you in my [previous] letter not to associate
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"i wrote you in my [previous] letter not to associate [closely and habitually]
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Letter not to associate [closely and habitually] with unchaste [and impure]
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[closely and habitually] with unchaste [and impure] people--not [meaning,
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With unchaste [and impure] people--not [meaning, of course, that you must]
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People--not [meaning, of course, that you must] altogether shun immoral
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Of course, that you must] altogether shun immoral people in the world,
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Altogether shun immoral people in the world, or the greedy graspers
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People in the world, or the greedy graspers and cheaters and thieves
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Or the greedy graspers and cheaters and thieves or idolaters, since otherwise
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And cheaters and thieves or idolaters, since otherwise you would need to
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Or idolaters, since otherwise you would need to get out of the world
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You would need to get out of the world and human society altogether."
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Get out of the world and human society altogether." >> [audience laughing]
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And human society altogether." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i mean, the bible is so practical,
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>> joyce: i mean, the bible is so practical, so balanced.
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The bible is so practical, so balanced. "but now i write to you--"
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So balanced. "but now i write to you--" now, get this.
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"but now i write to you--" now, get this. "now i write to you
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Now, get this. "now i write to you not to associate with anybody
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"now i write to you not to associate with anybody who bears the name of
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Not to associate with anybody who bears the name of [christian] brother--"
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Who bears the name of [christian] brother--" come on, you'd be better off
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[christian] brother--" come on, you'd be better off to hang out with a greedy person
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Come on, you'd be better off to hang out with a greedy person that was a heathen
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To hang out with a greedy person that was a heathen than to hang out
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That was a heathen than to hang out with a christian
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Than to hang out with a christian who acts like a heathen.
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With a christian who acts like a heathen. >> [audience applauding]
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>> joyce: "don't hang out
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>> joyce: "don't hang out with them if they're known to be
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>> joyce: "don't hang out with them if they're known to be guilty of immorality or greed,
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With them if they're known to be guilty of immorality or greed, or if they're an idolater
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Guilty of immorality or greed, or if they're an idolater [whose soul is devoted
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Or if they're an idolater [whose soul is devoted to any object that usurps
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[whose soul is devoted to any object that usurps the place of god],
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To any object that usurps the place of god], or if it's a person
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The place of god], or if it's a person with a foul tongue
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Or if it's a person with a foul tongue [railing, abusing,
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With a foul tongue [railing, abusing, reviling, slandering],
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[railing, abusing, reviling, slandering], or is a drunkard
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Reviling, slandering], or is a drunkard or a swindler or a robber.
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Or is a drunkard or a swindler or a robber. [no] you must not even
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Or a swindler or a robber. [no] you must not even so much as eat
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[no] you must not even so much as eat with such a person."
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Wow, i'm glad i had one little
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Wow, i'm glad i had one little faint clap over there.
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Wow, i'm glad i had one little faint clap over there. >> [audience laughing]
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Faint clap over there. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, let me just throw this out.
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>> joyce: okay, let me just throw this out. some of you could radically
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Let me just throw this out. some of you could radically change your life
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Some of you could radically change your life if you would change
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Change your life if you would change who you hang out with.
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If you would change who you hang out with. >> [audience applauding]
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Who you hang out with. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i think i'll give
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i think i'll give a little prophecy.
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>> joyce: i think i'll give a little prophecy. thus saith the lord,
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A little prophecy. thus saith the lord, get some new friends.
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Thus saith the lord, get some new friends. >> [audience laughing]
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Get some new friends. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'm serious.
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: i'm serious. you know,
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>> joyce: i'm serious. you know, elisha wanted a double portion
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You know, elisha wanted a double portion of elijah's spirit, and
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Elisha wanted a double portion of elijah's spirit, and i don't have time to go there,
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Of elijah's spirit, and i don't have time to go there, but, i mean, elijah kept
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I don't have time to go there, but, i mean, elijah kept testing him and tellin' him,
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But, i mean, elijah kept testing him and tellin' him, "leave me alone."
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Testing him and tellin' him, "leave me alone." he said, "i will not leave you.
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"leave me alone." he said, "i will not leave you. as the lord my god lives,
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He said, "i will not leave you. as the lord my god lives, i will not leave you.
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As the lord my god lives, i will not leave you. i will not leave you.
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I will not leave you. i will not leave you. i will not--"
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I will not leave you. i will not--" he knew who to hang out with.
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I will not--" he knew who to hang out with. he knew what he wanted,
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He knew who to hang out with. he knew what he wanted, and he was gonna hang out
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He knew what he wanted, and he was gonna hang out with the right person to get it.
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And he was gonna hang out with the right person to get it. and, sure enough,
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With the right person to get it. and, sure enough, he ended up
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And, sure enough, he ended up getting a double portion
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He ended up getting a double portion of his spirit.
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Getting a double portion of his spirit. >> [audience applauding]
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Of his spirit. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean,
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: i mean, you're better off to get around
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>> joyce: i mean, you're better off to get around somebody that's anointed
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You're better off to get around somebody that's anointed and hang with them
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Somebody that's anointed and hang with them 'cause that anointing
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And hang with them 'cause that anointing will get off on you.
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'cause that anointing will get off on you. it'll bless your life.
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Will get off on you. it'll bless your life. get around somebody
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It'll bless your life. get around somebody that's generous,
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Get around somebody that's generous, and watch how they tip
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That's generous, and watch how they tip waiters and waitresses.
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And watch how they tip waiters and waitresses. watch what they do.
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Waiters and waitresses. watch what they do. get around somebody
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Watch what they do. get around somebody that really walks in love,
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Get around somebody that really walks in love, and listen to what
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That really walks in love, and listen to what they will talk about
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And listen to what they will talk about and what they won't talk about,
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They will talk about and what they won't talk about, and follow the example.
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And what they won't talk about, and follow the example. >> [audience cheering]
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And follow the example. >> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and i know, already,
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>> [audience cheering] >> joyce: and i know, already, somebody's thinking,
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>> joyce: and i know, already, somebody's thinking, "it's like,
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Somebody's thinking, "it's like, i can hear you in the spirit
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"it's like, i can hear you in the spirit say, 'well, i'm married
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I can hear you in the spirit say, 'well, i'm married to my problem.'"
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Say, 'well, i'm married to my problem.'" >> [audience laughing]
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To my problem.'" >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, just to say
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: now, just to say that i said it, i'm not
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>> joyce: now, just to say that i said it, i'm not telling you to go home
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That i said it, i'm not telling you to go home and get a new spouse.
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Telling you to go home and get a new spouse. >> [audience laughing]
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And get a new spouse. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that you've got
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: that you've got to work through with god.
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>> joyce: that you've got to work through with god. do a lot of praying.
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To work through with god. do a lot of praying. but when you have a choice,
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Do a lot of praying. but when you have a choice, you don't have to choose
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But when you have a choice, you don't have to choose friends that are gonna
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You don't have to choose friends that are gonna poison your soul.
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Friends that are gonna poison your soul. "well, i don't wanna be lonely."
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Poison your soul. "well, i don't wanna be lonely." hey, you would be so much
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"well, i don't wanna be lonely." hey, you would be so much better to be lonely
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Hey, you would be so much better to be lonely and anointed.
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Better to be lonely and anointed. >> [audience applauding]
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And anointed. >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen?
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: amen? the bible says don't associate
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>> joyce: amen? the bible says don't associate with angry people.
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The bible says don't associate with angry people. don't associate with people
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With angry people. don't associate with people who get drunk or even people
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Don't associate with people who get drunk or even people who are gluttons,
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Who get drunk or even people who are gluttons, all they think about is food,
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Who are gluttons, all they think about is food, on and on, and on, and on.
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All they think about is food, on and on, and on, and on. >> [audience laughing]
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On and on, and on, and on. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, listen,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: okay, listen, i'm tired too.
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>> joyce: okay, listen, i'm tired too. just hang on.
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I'm tired too. just hang on. we just got a few minutes left.
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Just hang on. we just got a few minutes left. >> [audience laughing]
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We just got a few minutes left. >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then jealousy
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: and then jealousy also causes strife.
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>> joyce: and then jealousy also causes strife. the first thing is pride.
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Also causes strife. the first thing is pride. the answer to pride is humility.
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The first thing is pride. the answer to pride is humility. the second thing is greed.
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The answer to pride is humility. the second thing is greed. the answer to greed
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The second thing is greed. the answer to greed is generosity.
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The answer to greed is generosity. amen?
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Is generosity. amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the third
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: and the third thing is being jealous.
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>> joyce: and the third thing is being jealous. jealousy and strife are both
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Thing is being jealous. jealousy and strife are both listed in the same list
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Jealousy and strife are both listed in the same list of sins of the flesh.
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Listed in the same list of sins of the flesh. same one.
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Of sins of the flesh. same one. here's a list: idolatry,
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Same one. here's a list: idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife,
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Here's a list: idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy.
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Sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy. same sentence.
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Jealousy. same sentence. sorcery in the same
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Same sentence. sorcery in the same sentence as jealousy.
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Sorcery in the same sentence as jealousy. isn't that amazing?
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Sentence as jealousy. isn't that amazing? now, we need to stand against
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Isn't that amazing? now, we need to stand against stuff like this.
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Now, we need to stand against stuff like this. and the way to stand against
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Stuff like this. and the way to stand against any wicked thing is to replace
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And the way to stand against any wicked thing is to replace it with a good thing.
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Amen?
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Amen? >> [audience applauding]
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Amen? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "walk in the spirit
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: "walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill
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>> joyce: "walk in the spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh."
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And you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh." you don't gotta fight
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The lust of the flesh." you don't gotta fight with the flesh.
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You don't gotta fight with the flesh. when i feel jealous,
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With the flesh. when i feel jealous, i don't get into some big war.
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When i feel jealous, i don't get into some big war. "oh my god, i can't
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I don't get into some big war. "oh my god, i can't believe...[mumbling]"
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"oh my god, i can't believe...[mumbling]" i just say, "i'll fix that.
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Believe...[mumbling]" i just say, "i'll fix that. i'm gonna bless them.
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I just say, "i'll fix that. i'm gonna bless them. i'm gonna pray for 'em."
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I'm gonna bless them. i'm gonna pray for 'em." "we overcome evil with good."
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I'm gonna pray for 'em." "we overcome evil with good." how many of you can think
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"we overcome evil with good." how many of you can think of somebody right now that
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How many of you can think of somebody right now that you've been kinda jealous of,
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And critical of, and you could
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And critical of, and you could just think, "oh my gosh,
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And critical of, and you could just think, "oh my gosh, now i'm gonna have
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Just think, "oh my gosh, now i'm gonna have to go bless them."
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Now i'm gonna have to go bless them." >> [audience laughing]
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To go bless them." >> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on,
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>> [audience laughing] >> joyce: come on, can you think of any situation
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>> joyce: come on, can you think of any situation that applies to you, and what
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Can you think of any situation that applies to you, and what i'm talking about here today?
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That applies to you, and what i'm talking about here today? >> [audience applauding]
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I'm talking about here today? >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: just imagine
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: just imagine the strife that david's
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>> joyce: just imagine the strife that david's brothers had.
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The strife that david's brothers had. and you know what
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Brothers had. and you know what i think is just hysterical?
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And you know what i think is just hysterical? they didn't even bother to bring
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I think is just hysterical? they didn't even bother to bring david in from the field,
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They didn't even bother to bring david in from the field, and yet, he was god's choice.
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David in from the field, and yet, he was god's choice. now, boy, he could have got
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And yet, he was god's choice. now, boy, he could have got offended, but david was
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Now, boy, he could have got offended, but david was a champion, and he always
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Offended, but david was a champion, and he always turned away from offense.
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But then when god anointed
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But then when god anointed him to be king, the bible says
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But then when god anointed him to be king, the bible says he did it "in the midst
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Him to be king, the bible says he did it "in the midst of his brothers."
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He blessed david
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He blessed david and made them watch.
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He blessed david and made them watch. [laughs]
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And made them watch. [laughs] >> [audience applauding]
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[laughs] >> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, when
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>> [audience applauding] >> joyce: so, when somebody mistreats you,
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>> joyce: so, when somebody mistreats you, instead of being offended,
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Somebody mistreats you, instead of being offended, just trust god, you have
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Instead of being offended, just trust god, you have not because you ask not.
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Just trust god, you have not because you ask not. be sweet, keep being a blessing,
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Not because you ask not. be sweet, keep being a blessing, and god will bless you
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Be sweet, keep being a blessing, and god will bless you and make them watch.
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And god will bless you and make them watch. >> [audience applauding]
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>> announcer: do you start
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>> announcer: do you start the day in a bad
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The day in a bad mood before your
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Mood before your feet even hit
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Feet even hit the floor,
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The floor, and then end your
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And then end your day the same way?
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Day the same way? in today's world
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In today's world we all battle
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We all battle to have positive
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To have positive thoughts instead
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Thoughts instead of negative ones.
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Of negative ones. but did you
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But did you know there's a way
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Know there's a way for you to experience
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For you to experience long-lasting peace
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Long-lasting peace and contentment?
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And contentment? >> joyce: i grew up
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>> joyce: i grew up with an attitude that
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With an attitude that it was better to
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It was better to expect nothing good,
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Expect nothing good, than to expect it
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Than to expect it and be
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And be disappointed when
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Disappointed when it didn't happen.
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It didn't happen. and some of you know
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And some of you know exactly what i'm
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Exactly what i'm talking about.
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Talking about. but here's the good
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But here's the good news, you can break
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News, you can break free from
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Free from this mindset.
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This mindset. for over 30 years,
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For over 30 years, “battlefield
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“battlefield of the mind,”
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Of the mind,” has helped
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Has helped people identify
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People identify these thought
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These thought patterns,
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Patterns, and replace
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And replace them with
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Them with the truth
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The truth and hope,
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And hope, that's only found
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That's only found in the word of god.
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>> announcer: "battlefield
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>> female 1: it was one
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>> female 1: it was one of the most powerful
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Of the most powerful books in my healing
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Books in my healing journey.
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Journey. >> male: understanding
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>> male: understanding the victory
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The victory that really is ours.
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That really is ours. >> female 2: it was my big
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>> female 2: it was my big god moment.
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God moment. i read the book one
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I read the book one person and then
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Person and then finished it a
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Finished it a different one.
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Different one. >> joyce: well,
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>> joyce: well, it still amazes me
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It still amazes me how god has used
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How god has used “battlefield of the
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“battlefield of the mind,” for over
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Mind,” for over 30 years
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30 years to help people
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To help people with their thoughts.
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With their thoughts. many of you know
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Many of you know the pain of my past,
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The pain of my past, and the impact that
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And the impact that it had on the way
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It had on the way i thought about god,
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I thought about god, my circumstances,
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My circumstances, and of course,
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And of course, how i viewed myself.
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How i viewed myself. my negative thinking
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My negative thinking was ruining everything
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Was ruining everything around me.
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Around me. in “battlefield of the mind,”
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In “battlefield of the mind,” i want to help you think about
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I want to help you think about what you're thinking about.
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What you're thinking about. and as you do,
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And as you do, i believe you'll
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I believe you'll begin to see
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Begin to see a difference
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A difference in your words
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In your words and attitudes,
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And attitudes, toward the people
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Toward the people and circumstances
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And circumstances in your life.
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In your life. your gift of any amount will
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Your gift of any amount will help us reach the lost,
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Help us reach the lost, feed the hungry,
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And help women and girls find freedom
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And girls find freedom all around the world.
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All around the world. >> announcer: the 30th
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>> announcer: the 30th anniversary edition
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Anniversary edition of "battlefield of the mind"
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Of "battlefield of the mind" is available to you right now
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Is available to you right now for your gift
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Of any amount. with a donation of...
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With a donation of... or more,
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Or more, you'll receive the anniversary
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You'll receive the anniversary package which includes
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Package which includes the book and four hours
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The book and four hours of joyce's
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Of joyce's teachings on the,
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Teachings on the, "battlefield of the mind,"
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>> joyce: there were times
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>> joyce: there were times in my life when i would
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In my life when i would absolutely dread
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Absolutely dread getting out of bed.
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Getting out of bed. all i could think about
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All i could think about were my circumstances.
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Were my circumstances. but when i began to start
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But when i began to start my day with god,
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My day with god, it absolutely changed my life.
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It absolutely changed my life. in my devotional,
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In my devotional, "mornings with god,"
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"mornings with god," i want you to experience how
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I want you to experience how time with god can strengthen
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Time with god can strengthen and encourage you so you
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And encourage you so you can be an encouragement
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Can be an encouragement to others.
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To others. god has so much
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God has so much in store for you today,
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In store for you today, and i want you to discover it.
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>> announcer:
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>> announcer: "mornings with god,"
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"mornings with god," by joyce meyer.
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By joyce meyer. order your copy today.
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>> announcer: it's joyce's
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>> announcer: it's joyce's first conference
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First conference focused entirely
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Focused entirely on her best-selling book,
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On her best-selling book, "battlefield of the mind."
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"battlefield of the mind." freedom and peace
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Freedom and peace are possible.
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Are possible. the battlefield of the mind
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The battlefield of the mind conference with joyce meyer,
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Conference with joyce meyer, john maxwell,
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John maxwell, pastor robert madu,
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Pastor robert madu, and worship with bryan
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And worship with bryan and katie torwalt.
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And katie torwalt. it all happens april 24th-26th
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>> announcer: we are
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>> announcer: we are so grateful
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So grateful to our joyce meyer
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To our joyce meyer ministries partners
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Ministries partners who make this
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Who make this and all we do possible,
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And all we do possible, including sharing
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Including sharing god's word
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God's word and offering help
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And offering help to people in need
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To people in need all over the world.
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Joyce Meyer - The Three Main Causes For Strife

January 26, 2025 | S25:E17

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